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• chants = a lyrical rendition of different improvised text
• chants = lugu, kalangan, sail\lunsey, dikker, bayok
• lugu = chants used in reading their Qur'an and books they use in their islam region
• kalangan = songs used for serenading loved ones
• sail\lunsey = sung by the wife-to-be during the ceremony
• dikker = sacred songs highlighted by quotations from the Qur'an
• bayok = semi-generic term for a lyrical rendition of different improvised text
• lullaby = rocking a baby to sleep
• musical ensemble = is a group of people who perform instrumental\vocal music
• two types of ensemble = kulintang & bamboo
• lullaby = ya-ya, bayok
• ya-ya = song of the Yakans to put the baby to sleep
• bayok = maranao term for lullaby
• kulintang ensemble = gong-based ensemble used by the maguindanao and maranao of western mindanao, tausug, yakans, sama-bajao of sulu archipelago
• instrumental music of mindanao are divided into two types = kulintangan\kwintangan, (tahunggo, agung, salmagi, blowon semagi)
• kulintangan\kwintangan = gongs in a row
• (Tahunggo, agung, salmagi, blowon semagi) = suspended gong ensembles in vairous names according to each tribe
• kulintang = is an important social property, this instrument of the ensemble is a highly valued priceless heirloom that can command a high price as dowries.
• agung = large, deep, rimmed gong. vertically suspended, hanged in wooden frames, two agungs of diff pitches, suspended side-by-side facing each other are played in palabunibunyan
• bamboo ensemble = were made for the purpose of entertainment and personal expression of their spiritual faith
• diff manners in playing bamboo instruments = (aerophones) blowing, (idiophone) shaking or hitting, (chordophones) plucking
• gabbang = a native xylophone in an instrument bamboo keyboard on top, constructed out of wood
• serongagandi = a guitar-like made of bamboo, cut before one nod and after next
• kudyapi = is a string instrument out of wood which resembles an elongated guitar usually having 2-strings
• suling = is made mainly of "tamiang" bamboo, a long, thin-walled bamboo tube w a mouthpiece circled w a thin band made of rattan